Printing and stenciling device



o. HALVORSEN Er AL PRINTING AND STENCILING DEVICE Filed Sept- 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l ggg ATTOR N EY 0% 1 o. HALVORSJEN ET AL 1,733,876

PRINTING AND STENCILING DEVICE Filed Sept. 2. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTO R N EY Nrrsn sr s: r Flee OLA! HALVORSEN AND SAMUEL I. KIESLING, OF CHICAGO, HILEbl'OIS PRINTING AND STENGILING DEVICE Application filed September 2,1927. Serial No. 217,201.

This invention relates to certain novel im- .view of a type holder embodied in the invenprovements in printing and stenciling detion; vices and has for its principal object the pro- Fig. 4 is a fra entary sectional detail vision of an improved construction on this view of the head the invention; and 5 character which will be highly eflicient in Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a vice embodied 55 use and economical in manufacture. in the invention.

I Among the several objects of the invention In individual steneiling, embossing, or is the novel manner of associating a work printing of pencils, pens, and sweat bands or holder with the device hereinafter more fully the like, it is of great convenience'to provide described. a deviee'which includes a stand with parts so 60 A still further object of the invention is arranged as not to interfere with the operato provide a work holder or vice which intion of the device and in the present instance eludes a novel manner for holding a pen and we provide a stand 10. Thisstand 10 ina pencil for operation upon by the printing cludesa base 11. Extending upwardly from or steneiling mechanisms. a the base 11 is the standard 12 and this stand- A still further object is the provision of a ard 12 is of a' curved formation to provide a device of the character hereinafter set forth head 13 arranged in a horizontal plane above which may be used for steneiling, embossing, a shelf 14 which extends outwardly from the or printing characters on fountain pens, penstandard at a point a short distance above a oils,- and the sweat bands of hats and the like, the horizontal center thereof. When said 7 without unnecessarily changing the parts or stand is constructed in the manner herein set re-arranging the parts of the device. forth, it will have the shape of the letter W p A still further object of the invention is the whereby to dispose the standard a substantial provision of a novel manner for securely distance inwardly of the head and shelf. The clamping the work to be stenciledyembossed, head 13 includes a vertically extending recess 7 or printed on a shelf of the device which shelf 16 and the walls of this recess together with is utilized for printing, stenciling, or'embossa plate 17 provide a guide-way for a rack bar ing characters on the sweat bands of hats 18. The plate 17 is secured to the head by and caps or the like. means of bolts 19 or other suitable securing A. still further object of the invention is elements. An operating handle is indicated to provide a vice for work which may be at 20 and this handle is secured to a disk 21 easily and quickly adjusted in place. ad1ustably .fixed to a shaft 22 by means of A still further object of the invention is thumb n11 *ts 23. 0n the shaft 22 there 1s proto provide a work holding vice which is VldGd a pinion 24 and th1s pinion operatively v35 guided by other elements of the device heremeshes with the teeth 5 f the rack bar 18 whereby when the handle is oscillated the rack bar will be moved upwardly and downwardly. A type holder is indicated at 26. This type holder includes a body 27 upstand- 4.0 in from which are spaced ears 28 adapted binatlon and arrangement of parts to be hereto e disposed on Opposite sides of the 10 Wer inafter described and claimed.

end portion 29 of the rack bar 28 and pivoted The mventmn W111 be best lmderstoofl y thereto by means of a. pin 30. The under side Tfer?nce to the accompanymg drawulgsi of the body 27 provides two oppositelydis- 45 sholflng h Preferred form f constructlon osed bearings 31 and carried by these bear and 1D Whlch! ings 31 are'adjustment screws 32 of the wing Fig. 1 is a fron leva lon l Vl W 0 the type. Theseadjustment screws 32 carry at invention; their inner end portions blocks 33 between Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same; which is adapted to be mounted the type 34.

inafter described for easy and quick positioning in place.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. Theinvention consists in the novel com- 50 Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectionaldetail The interior of the body27 is ofahollow construction and arranged in this interior is a heating element of the electrical type adapted to be connected in circuit with a source of electric energy through the medium of conductor wires 36. By adjusting the screws toward and away from each other the positioned between 15 jaw 41 which cooperates with a movable aw 42 for holding work between the jaws. In the present instance the jaws have semi-circular longitudinally extending recesses 43 formed therein and in these recesses is adapt:

2() ed to be positioned the cap or shank of'a fountain pen or the like to be operated upon by the type 34. The jaw 41 has formed in its upper edge a longitudinal recess 44 shaped substantially semi-hexagonal in cross section and in this recess is adapted to be positioned a pencil or the like to be operated upon by the type.

The plate provides a bearing head 45 having a transverse threaded opening 46 forrned therein and threaded in, this opening'ls a screw bolt 47 providing a flattened head 48 to facilitate rotation of the screw bolt. This screw bolt is operatively connected in a suitable manner to the jaw 42 and functions to move the jaw 42 toward and away from the j-aw'41. The inner edge portion 49 of the plate has formed therein. spaced slots 50 which are adapted to receive the shanks 51 of the bolts 38. The heads of these bolts 38 have washer like bases 52'which are adapted to clamp against the plate 40 for holding the vice structure in proper position beneath the type holder herein described. At oneside of the shelf 14 there is removably secured by means of bolts 53 a plate 54. This plate 54 has its top edge 55 extending a substantial distance above the top surface 'of the shelf and this plate functions as a guide plate for the vice structure 39 when moved into position beneath the type holder. The type holder as is herein apparent may be pivoted relative to the bar 18 and when the type holder is in position above the vice structure the same is releasably held in such position through the medium of a pin 56 which engages a recess 57 formed in the adjacent car 28. This pin 56 is urged into the recess 57 by means of a spring 58 and operation of the pin is' facilitated by means of a head 59 formed thereon. The outer end of the pin is supported by a plate 60 secured to the body 27 bymeans of bolts 61. In use, to stencil, print or emboss a casing of a fountain pen, the pen is positioned between the jaws 14. The fountain pen is clampingly held between the jaws by manipulating the screw bar 47- in a direction to move the jaw 42 toward the jaw 41. A penoil is positioned in the recess 44 for operation upon by the type of the type holder. The vice structure is moved into position with the pencil and pen supported thereby and during this movement into position the plate 54 will guide the structure in its movement beneath the type holder. After the shanks of the bolts 38 have entered the recesses 50 the bolts are tightened to clamp the vice structure to the shelf 14. By manipulating the handle 20 the type will be brought down upon the fountain pen. After the fountain pen has been operated upon the bolts 38 are loosened and the vice structure moved outwardly to position the pencil in position to be operated upon by the type of the type holder. After the fountain pen and pencil have been operated upon they are removed from position on the vice structure. In stamping gold or silver letters on the pencil or fountain pen the type is substantially heated by the heating element 35 when brought down upon the sheet or strip of gold or silver or the like. To use the device for printing, stenciling, or embossing the sweat bands of hats such as straw hats or the like the vice structure is removed together with the plate 54 from the shelf 14 and the sweat band placed upon the shelf. By removing the handle 20 from the shaft 22 a shorter adjustment between the shelf and rack bar may be had and the type holder brought down the proper distance for operation upon the sweat band. From the description herein taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it Will be apparent that we have arranged a novel combination of elements for holding pencils and fountain pens or the like while operated upon by a set of type. In stenciling, embossing, or engraving, it is of importance that the work operated upon be held steady, otherwise the printing orstenciling or embossing will be blurred. We have found by the use of our novel vice holder that this feature is entirely eliminated.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to. be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim. I a

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: v i

In a device of the character stated, a vise structure including a stationaryj aw member and a movable jaw member, means for mov ing the movable jaw member toward the stationary jaw member whereby a fountain pen or the like may be retained therebetween, said stationary jaw member having a stepped recess provided in the upper edge thereof whereby a pencil or the like may be retained in said stepped recess, and means for detachably securing said vise structure to the bed of an embossing machine whereby said vise structure may be moved to successively position the pen or ncil below the embossing member of the em ossin machine.

In testimony whereo we aflix our signatures.

OLAF HALVORSEN. SAMUEL F. KIESLING. 

